Cuban rum master Asbel Morales (L) serves Havana Club rum at the maturing warehouse in Havana Club's San Jose distillery, Mayabeque province, Cuba on January 30, 2025. One rum and two owners: the battle that Cuba and the American giant Bacardi have been waging for decades over the Havana Club rum brand has just been rekindled with the promulgation of a US law criticized by Havana. The new rule prohibits US federal courts and agencies from recognizing trademarks deemed "illegally confiscated" by the Cuban government during the nationalizations that followed the 1959 revolution, "unless the original owner" has consented to their use. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)